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> > If you met me, you wouldn't think of me as a hard-nosed, rigid, Bible-pounding moralist. I dislike friction and avoid serious disagreements with people when possible. I also make an effort to understand why a person does something that seems wrong, and I know that the morass of motives and concerns and personal wounds in which we live seem hopeless to straighten out. It's much simpler to go with the doctrine of subjective right and wrong, because the complexity of our lives seems to preclude adopting any system more rigid than that. But that's simply not an option for me, or anyone else who seriously believes in a God who has revealed himself to the world the way the God of the Bible has done. I can be gentle and understanding towards people who do wrong, but I can't pretend that what they do is not wrong. That's the best way I know how to explain it.
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> Iss, I couldn't agree with you more. It's good to know other people share my same beliefs.
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> fam *grinning from ear to ear* ous

in total concurrence... isn't it so much easier to express in a message forum such as this one than in real life? when i do share those beliefs, i just get blank stares and disgusted looks (especially since in high school people all tend to be extremists... and most of them are extreme atheists)... but yes, it's very nice to know someone else shares my beliefs, as famous said... so many christians today compromise in order to "fit in" better and not go against the flow... their loss, hm?

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